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Aída Avella
Aída Yolanda Avella Esquivel, or Aída Yolanda Abella Esquivel (born 23 January 1949), is a Colombian pedagogue, psychologist, and politician belonging to the Patriotic Union (Colombia), Patriotic Union party. She was a member of the Constituent Assembly of Colombia and a councilor of the city of Bogotá between 1992 and 1996. Avella was a candidate for Vice President of Colombia, Vice President in the 2014 Colombian presidential election, 2014 presidential election for the Alternative Democratic Pole and Patriotic Union alliance. In the 2018 Colombian parliamentary election, 2018 parliamentarian election, Avella was elected to the Senate of Colombia, Colombian Senate. Biography Aída Yolanda Avella Esquivel was born on 23 January 1949 to a Liberalism, liberal family in Sogamoso, Boyacá Department. At 16, Avella entered the National University of Colombia, where she graduated with a degree in pedagogy and psychology. After graduating, she entered the Ministry of National Edu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senate Of Colombia
The Senate of the Republic of Colombia () is the upper house of the Congress of Colombia, with the lower house being the Chamber of Representatives. The Senate has 108 members elected for concurrent (non- rotating) four-year terms. Electoral system According to the Colombian Constitution (1991), 100 senators (''senadores'') are elected from a single national constituency, and another two are elected in a special national constituency for Indigenous communities. Following the peace process (2012–2016), the FARC (party: Comunes) gets another five seats and the presidential opposition gets one more, for a total of 108. Colombian citizens living outside the country are eligible to vote, although, unlike in the lower house, they have no special representatives in the Senate. For elections to the Senate in the national constituency, political parties or other movements and groups run single lists, with a number of candidates not exceeding the total number of seats to be fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |